Calendar stand



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N. E. HAM

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CORPORATION, or new 'yon cn. Y., A CORPORATION or unwvonx,

ALEN AR STAND.

Ap li ation filed April 2'1, 1927. Serial No. 1

This invention relates to improvements in calendar stands and aims to provide an improved device having a leaf-retaining arch so mounted that it can be readily swung about a pivotal axis from its normally operative to an inoperative position for the purpose of renewing memorandum leaves.

The invention willbe fully apparent from the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawings in whichi Fig. 1 is a plan view of a calendar stand embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2-'2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the arch swung to its inoperative position;

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of a portion of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the stand comprises upper and lower body portions 10 and 12 which incline toward a central point 14. i

Legs 16 extend downwardly from the side flanges l8 and support the stand in the in clined position shown in Fig. 2.

The portion 10 of the base is formed with elongated slots 20*20. Bent downwardly from the two slots are ears22-22, slotted at .24 to form bearings for a transversely extending bridge portion 26 of an arch member indicated as a whole by numeral 28. Extending upwardly from each end of the bridge of the arch member is a substantially U-shaped leg member 30. The leg members serve to retain the usual perforated leaves 32 of a calendar pad of the type in which a separate leaf is provided for each day of the year. To enablethe arch to be readily moved from operative to inoperative position to facilitate the removal of old and the insertion of new leaves and also to yieldingly hold the arch in either its operative or inoperative position, I provide a novel'form of impositive lock. 1

This lock includes a link 34 one end 36 of which is perforated and en ages a crank portion 38* formed on the bridge 26 of the arch. The opposite end of the link 34 is slidable in a slot 40 formed in an car 42 bent down from the body portion 12of the stand. The link 34 is shouldered at 44 to form an abutment for one end of a compression spring 46. The opposite end of this spring bears against the car 42 and the crank portion'38 isso disposed that said spring tends to turn the arch 28 counterclockwise as viewed in Fig. 2 so as to hold the free ends 48 of the U-shaped legs firmly in contact with lugs 50 depressed below the surface of the stand.

When it is desired to remove the used leaves the arch28 can be manually swung about the axis of the bridge 26 to substantially the position shown in Fig. 3. Such movement will swing crank 38 of the bridge past dead center and thus the compression spring will impositively hold the arch in position to receive a new supply or pad of leaves. i 7

The slots 24 formed in the ears 22 have their open ends facing forwardly- That is, toward the lug or ear 42. In assembling the parts, the link 44 is engaged with the crank 38, the arch members passing upwardly through the slots 20-20. Then the free end of the link 44 is passed through the slot 40 in the car 42. The spring is then compressed considerably to permit the bridge member 26 to be snapped into position through the open-ended slots formed in the bearing ends 22. Once the parts are as sembled it is evident that the spring will serve to hold the bridge in proper position.

It is noted that the arch pivoted mounting and its locking mechanism is located wholly below the supporting surface of the.

calendar stand so that there are no projecting parts to interfere with the leaves. seating flat or squarely on the portions 10 and 12 of the base. y

Aside from this functional characteristic, such an arrangement provides a neat appearing design in which the mounting and locking mechanism is entirely hidden from view. While I have described with considerable detail the specific embodiment of the invention herein shown, it is not to'be construed that I am limited thereto since various changes may bemade by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is p 1,661,038 UNITED STATES PATENTOF NEWELL E. HAMQOF' woncnsrnn, MAssAcfi sn'r'rs, Assieivon. ro nnrIANon SALES 1. A calendar stand of thecharacter described including a supporting base, an arch member formed with a transversely extending bridge and U-shaped legs extending upwardly from the bridge, ears extending downwardly from the base for pivotally supporting said arch, said ears being slotted to permit insertion of the bridgeend said base being slotted t0 13 61111113 insertion of said U-shaped legs therethrough.

open ended slots therein to permit the insertien of said bridge and said base being slotted to permit the insertion of said U- shaped legs therethrellgh, saidbri-dge ,hav- 1 mg a prank portion formed therein, a link engaging said crank, it lug secured to said base and slotted for engagement with: sand link and a compressionspring surroundmg sa d link andtending to hold said brldge 1n sand open'ended slots. 7

In Witness, whereof; I have hereunto signed my name.

NEWELL; E. HAM, 

